Low-Code No-Code Platforms - Transformational Or Another Technology Hype?

When I started my technology career just before the turn of the last century, it was the dawn of what used to be 4GL or 4th Generation languages like Power builder, FoxPro, Oracle developer 2K, and Visual basic.

It was widely said that these 4GL developers would be redundant for most enterprise software development. Now here we are among the biggest developer demand in the history of the technology industry.

Therefore, when I hear the hype about Low-code, No-code platforms, no wonder I am skeptical. Let me explain the enterprise software in the dimension of customization & configurable.

Any software has some feature or behavior change by either customization (code change) or configuration (no code change). Various types of software fall into a continuum as follows:

• Fully custom-built software using high-level programming languages like Java
• Using frameworks and commercial off-the-shelf software (COTS) like BPM tools allows a mix of capability out of the box and certain configurability and customization possibilities.
• Enterprise SaaS Platforms like Salesforce gives major out-of-box functionality with the ability to configure specific business needs.
• Commodity SaaS with almost no ability to change functionality like Office 364 or Google Docs.

A low-code no-code platform aims to give software…